Collected Works, Volume 1Clarendon P., 1966 - English literature |
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Page 140
... kind , chuse places as remote as possible from man , as their food is different from that which is cultivated by human in- dustry ; some birds which have only the serpent to fear , build their nests in such a manner , as to have them ...
... kind , chuse places as remote as possible from man , as their food is different from that which is cultivated by human in- dustry ; some birds which have only the serpent to fear , build their nests in such a manner , as to have them ...
Page 239
... kind , in much greater variety than are to be found in our parts of Europe . ' In general , every bird resorts to those climates where its food is 20 found in plenty , and always takes care to hatch its young at those places , and in ...
... kind , in much greater variety than are to be found in our parts of Europe . ' In general , every bird resorts to those climates where its food is 20 found in plenty , and always takes care to hatch its young at those places , and in ...
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... kind . Birds of the rapacious kind become at this season more than ordinarily ravenous , and those of the granivorous sorts discontinue their singing , entirely taken up in procuring sub- sistence for their young . 20 ' Of all the birds ...
... kind . Birds of the rapacious kind become at this season more than ordinarily ravenous , and those of the granivorous sorts discontinue their singing , entirely taken up in procuring sub- sistence for their young . 20 ' Of all the birds ...
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REVIEWS | 5 |
The History of Two Persons of Quality | 16 |
A Treatise upon Dropsies | 23 |
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